英语词汇“couple”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

couplecouple1 /ˈkʌpəl/ ●●● S1 W1 AWL noun

ETYMOLOGYcouple¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Old French cople, from Latin copula something that joins

COLLOCATIONS► married couple

a married couple with two children

1a couple (of) something a)a small number of things: Let’s wait a couple more minutes. I’ve run into Darryl a couple of times this summer. b)two people or things of the same kind: I’ll have a couple of tacos, please. There are a couple of girls waiting for you.2[countable] two people who are married or having a sexual or romantic relationship: A young couple lives next door. a married couple with two children [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French cople, from Latin copula something that joins]WORD CHOICE: couple, pair• Use couple to talk about any two things of the same kind: I haven’t seen her for a couple of days.• Pair is used to talk about two things that are used together as a set: a new pair of shoes• If you say: a couple of socks you mean two different socks, for example a red one and a blue one. If you say: a pair of socks you mean two socks that are the same and that are meant to be worn together.• You also use pair to talk about something that has two main parts that are joined together: a pair of shorts a pair of glasses

noun | verb

couplecouple2 AWL verb

VERB TABLE

couple

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	couple
	he, she, it	couples
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	coupled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have coupled
	he, she, it	has coupled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had coupled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will couple
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have coupled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am coupling
	he, she, it	is coupling
	you, we, they	are coupling
Past	I, he, she, it	was coupling
	you, we, they	were coupling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been coupling
	he, she, it	has been coupling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been coupling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be coupling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been coupling

1[transitive] to join or fasten two things together, especially two vehicles: Two processors are coupled together.2[intransitive] literary to have sexcouple something with something phrasal verb if one thing is coupled with another, the two things happen or are used together and produce a particular result: Lack of rain coupled with high temperatures caused the crops to fail.